ITV 'should not screen major's quiz scam'
The IndependentFor free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Kim Howells, the Culture minister, has attacked ITV's decision to screen Major Charles Ingram's fraudulent win on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. ITV confirmed that the notorious con – which saw Major Ingram guided to a £1m win by strategically timed coughs from a fellow contestant – would be screened twice. Mr Howell's remarks come less than a week after Major Ingram, his wife, Diana, and lecturer Tecwen Whittock, were finally convicted of procuring £1m by deception at the end of a 22-day trial.
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